A Stanberry man was arrested Sunday after being injured in an Andrew County motorcycle accident five miles north of St. Joseph. Twenty-nine-year-old Christopher Nelson of Stanberry was taken to Mosiac Life Care in St. Joseph with serious injuries. Nelson was northbound on Highway 169 when he slowed abruptly, skidded, overturned, and went off the east side […]
A Kirksville resident was hurt Friday afternoon when the car he was driving overturned off Highway 6 east of Milan. Twenty-six-year-old Rossaly Matuvangu of Kirksville was taken to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan with minor injuries. The accident happened five miles east of Milan on Highway 6 when the westbound car veered off the […]
Probation was revoked for Trenton resident Levi Grant Bell when he appeared Thursday in Division One of Grundy County circuit court. The previous stay of execution was set aside and Bell was sentenced to a prison term of seven years on each of two counts of second-degree burglary. The terms run concurrently and Bell was […]
Significant rain earlier this week has improved the drought status for portions of Livingston and Carroll Counties. The U-S Drought Monitor map for Missouri that was released today shows a northwest to southeast portion of Livingston County and the eastern half of Carroll County to be in D-2 or severe drought. Prior to the rain […]
One of three nominees to fill the vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District is from the Green Hills area. Forty-third Judicial Circuit Presiding Judge Thomas N. Chapman was nominated by the Appellate Judicial Commission after about five hours of public interviews, more than one and a half hours of deliberations, and four […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of two area residents Monday and the extradition of another area resident Tuesday. Twenty-five year old Ellen Olivia Stevenson of Laclede has been charged with felony stealing of $750 or more with her bond set at $10,000 cash only. Court documents accuse Stevenson of appropriating United States […]
Like other livestock farmers trying to make a living in the grasp of a severe drought, Adam Boman was on the road to Kansas City in early August to market some of his cattle. But Boman, owner of Good Life Grass Farms, was only transporting the few cows he direct markets each month. The others […]
The Livingston County Library of Chillicothe will hold a Toddler Stay and Play Day as well as a program for children on the Science of Sound. Children age four and younger are invited to the Toddler Stay and Play Day in the library courtroom next Tuesday, August 14th in the morning from 9 to 11 […]
The Missouri Department of Agriculture reports another dozen complaints of pesticide misuse were logged in the past week. All complaints are blamed on the herbicide Dicamba for damage to their crops which now brings the total number of complaints statewide as of Monday to 251. This includes 186 alleging damage from Dicamba with the next […]
There were more absentee ballots cast in Grundy County for the primary election when compared to the last primary held in August 2016. As of the deadline late Monday afternoon, 184 absentee ballots had been cast at the Courthouse in Trenton. Monday was busy at the county clerks’ office with 29 voting in person and […]
(Missourinet) – Tuesday’s midterm election in Missouri features one big statewide issue, Congressional primaries, and some intriguing local votes. The most high-profile vote is the Proposition A ballot measure to decide if Missouri becomes a right to work state. It’s a referendum on a 2017 law passed by the legislature that would prohibit […]
There are few candidate races and ballot issues for today’s primary election within the nine-county, Green Hills Region. Political parties will nominate their candidates to run in the November general election. Polls are open until 7 pm tonight. The only nominating race in Grundy County is for the Republican nomination for Grundy County Presiding Commissioner. […]
(Missourinet) – Thousands of people are expected to travel Thursday to west-central Missouri’s Sedalia for the opening of the 2018 State Fair. Governor Mike Parson is expected to speak at Thursday’s noon opening ceremony, on the fairgrounds. State Fair Director Mark Wolfe says one of the biggest changes involves SIX nights of fireworks, which are being […]
(Missourinet) – Missouri voters will head to the election polls on Tuesday to decide several key issues and Alisa Nelson with Missourinet files this report. One of the most heavily-publicized efforts on Tuesday’s election ballot is a Right-to-work measure. It will ask Missourians if they want to adopt a bill which prohibits as a […]
The highway patrol reports three Maysville residents were seriously hurt Saturday night when a car traveled off Highway 33. A passenger in the vehicle, five-year-old Brenton Jestes was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center, then flown by medical helicopter to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. Another passenger, three-year-old Alyssandra Jestes, was taken to Cameron […]
Results from the Beef Show held Saturday at the North Central Missouri Fair in Trenton have been announced. Jenna Reeter of Trenton showed the Supreme Champion female and the Supreme Champion market animal. Clayton Walker of Chillicothe exhibited the Reserve Champion female with Claire Walker of Chillicothe exhibiting the Reserve Champion market animal. Cayden Bowe […]
Awards have been announced for the Rock Barn area of the North Central Missouri Fair. Several Ball-Kerr Fresh Preserving Awards were handed out to those in the adult division which include Loretta Ray, Marie Clark, Jacob Hall, Pam Johnston. Those receiving the preserving awards in the youth division included Elliana Gaunt and Katelyn Clark. The […]
The results have been announced of the North Central Missouri Fair Dairy Show. Hillary Shahan of Unionville had Champion Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, Holstein, and Jersey. She also had the Supreme Champion Female and Reserve Bull. Caleb and Abigail Gondringer of Trenton both received blue ribbons in the Dairy Bucket Calf class. Results for the rabbit […]
(Missourinet) – Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft certified five ballot measures that will NOT be part of Tuesday’s primary but WILL be on the November Three of them would legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes while a fourth would hike the minimum wage and the fifth would change redistricting procedures […]
The latest U. S. Drought Monitor map shows all or parts of 31 counties are in D-3 or extreme drought conditions which is an increase of five counties from last week’s map. Most of the extreme drought area is north of the Missouri River and includes all or parts of the counties in the Green […]
